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NAME: US HELICOPTERS 20070523I TAPE: EF07/0614 IN_TIME: 10:51:21:03 DURATION: 00:01:52:18 SOURCES: AP TELEVISION/Polarfirstcom DATELINE: Texas, 23 May 2007 RESTRICTIONS: SHOTLIST: AP Television Fort Worth, Texas - 23 May 2007 1 Helicopter approaching for landing 2 Cutaway of photographers 3 Helicopter landing 4 Head on shot of pilots in helicopter 5 Helicopter pilot Colin Bodill getting out 6 SOUNDBITE: (English) Jennifer Murray, Female Helicopter Pilot: We've actually done it, took us two goes but we've made it 7 SOUNDBITE: (English) Colin Bodill, Helicopter Pilot: It's great to be back It's been a long time and it's surreal to be back here right now POLARFIRSTCOM Unknown - Recent? 8 STILL Pull out of Murray and Bodill with penguins 9 STILL Murray and Bodill waving in snow AP Television New York - 22 May 2007 10 Aerials from helicopter of city skyline 11 Aerial of city, pan right to pilot 12 Close-up of pilot's feet operating helicopter, tilt up to pilot's face AP Television - Fort Worth, Texas - 23 May 2007 13 SOUNDBITE: (English) Jennifer Murray, Female Helicopter Pilot: The aviation world, it's fairly much male dominated and it's just great when the ladies can get in there too 14 Helicopter in air 15 SOUNDBITE: (English) Colin Bodill, Helicopter Pilot: This woman has flown around the world four times now No other woman in history has ever accomplished anything near what Jennifer has accomplished, so she's got to be the female aviator of all time, I would say 16 Helicopters in air 17 SOUNDBITE: (English) Jennifer Murray, Female Helicopter Pilot: That was very emotional and incredibly special and never to be forgotten We went to the place and we buried the key to the helicopter there and that was a very healing and wonderful moment 18 Wide of helicopter 19 Close-up of pilot's names on helicopter door 20 Wide of helicopter STORYLINE: Two pilots became the first to fly around the world on Wednesday by way of the north and south poles, in one helicopter, in a single trip US-born 66-year-old Jennifer Murray and British-born 56-year-old Colin Bodill landed their red Bell 407 helicopter in Texas more than five months after beginning their long journey They flew more than 32,200 nautical miles through 26 countries, stopping for fuel 101 times It's great to be back It's been a long time It's surreal to be back here right now, Bodill told reporters upon landing in Fort Worth This is the second attempt by the two pilots to set the world record They first tried in 2003, but after a near death crash, were unable to complete the trip Murray, who learned to fly helicopters at the age of 54, was the first woman to pilot a helicopter around the world in 1997, and in 2000 she was the first to do it solo She received high praise from her co-pilot This woman has flown around the world four times now No other woman in history has ever accomplished anything near what Jennifer has accomplished, so she's got to be the female aviator of all time, Bodill said Murray, who was born in Rhode Island but great up in Britain, said her most emotional moment during the 171-day trip was landing in Antarctica, where they crashed in 2003 during their first attempt at the same world record Murray and Bodill were seriously injured in that crash, caused by whiteout conditions and pilot error That was very emotional and incredibly special and never to be forgotten We went to the place and we buried the key to the helicopter there (the one that crashed) and that was a very healing and wonderful moment, Murray said Bodill said the most difficult part was severe weather that almost prevented the pair from getting to the north pole last month As part of a fundraising effort during the trip, the pair stopped at some sites of SOS Children's Villages, an organisation that provides homes for orphaned and abandoned children in 125 countries Murray and Bodill started and ended their journey called Polar First in Fort Worth because it is Bell's home Keyword-world records wacky